Plays, written by Sir John Vanbrugh, volume the secondVanbrugh, John
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Plays, written by Sir John Vanbrugh, volume the second
Vanbrugh, John
Comedy plays; English drama -- 18th century
Squ. _Rich._ Here, Feyther, I ha' browght it----it's well I went as I
did; for our _Doll_ had just bak'd a toast, and was going to drink it
herself.
Sir _Fran._ Why then, here's to thee, _Dick_!
[_Drinks._
Squ. _Rich._ Thonk yow, Feyther.
Lady _Wrong._ Lord! Sir _Francis_! I wonder you can encourage the Boy
to swill so much of that lubberly liquor----it's enough to make him
quite stupid.
Squ. _Rich._ Why it never hurts me, Mother; and I sleep like a hawnd
after it.
[_Drinks._
Sir _Fran._ I am sure I ha' drunk it these thirty years, and by your
leave, Madam, I don't know that I want wit: Ha! ha!
_Jenny._ But you might have had a great deal more, Papa, if you would
have been govern'd by my Mother.
Sir _Fran._ Daughter! he that is governed by his Wife, has no wit at
all.
_Jenny._ Then I hope I shall marry a fool, Sir; for I love to govern
dearly.
Sir _Fran._ You are too pert, child; it don't do well in a young woman.
Lady _Wrong._ Pray, Sir _Francis_, don't snub her; she has a fine
growing spirit, and if you check her so, you will make her as dull as
her brother there.
Squ. _Rich._ [_After a long draught._] Indeed, Mother, I think my
sister is too forward!
_Jenny._ You! you think I'm too forward! sure! Brother Mud! your head's
too heavy to think of any thing but your Belly.
Lady _Wrong._ Well said, Miss; he's none of your Master, tho' he is
your elder Brother.
Squ. _Rich._ No, nor she shawn't be my Mistress, while she's younger
sister!
Sir _Fran._ Well said _Dick_! Shew 'em that stawt liquor makes a stawt
heart, Lad!
Squ. _Rich._ So I wull! and I'll drink ageen, for all her!
[_Drinks._
_Enter ~John Moody~._
Sir _Fran._ So _John_! how are the horses!
_John Moody._ Troth, Sir, I ha' noa good opinion o' this tawn, it's
made up o' mischief, I think!
Sir _Fran._ What's the matter naw?
_John Moody._ Why I'll tell your Worship----before we were gotten to
th' street end, with the coach, here, a great lugger-headed cart, with
wheels as thick as a brick wall, laid hawld on't, and has poo'd it aw
to bits; crack! went the perch! Down goes the coach! and whang! says
the glasses, all to shivers! Marcy upon us! and this be _London_! would
we were aw weell in the country ageen!
_Jenny._ What have you to do, to wish us all in the country again,
Mr. Lubber? I hope we shall not go into the country again these seven
years, Mamma; let twenty coaches be pull'd to pieces.
Sir _Fran._ Hold your tongue, _Jenny_!----Was _Roger_ in no fault, in
all this?
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